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With the aging and lifestyle changes of the residents in arsenicosis area, the disease spectrum has also undergone significant changes, and coexistence of chronic diseases in arsenicosis has become a primary threat to residents health. In the future, basic study from a new perspective should be deepen, to explore new pathways for integrated prevention and treatment of chronic diseases of arsenicosis, and build a whole management model of "screening, management, prevention, treatment and study" to guarantee the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases of arsenicosis.
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Objective:To investigate the arsenic content in internal and external environment of the people in drinking-water-borne endemic arsenic poisoning areas in Shaanxi Province, the status quo of the disease and the management and services of the existing patients, so as to provide a theoretical basis for evaluating the effect of prevention and control measures on drinking-water-borne endemic arsenic poisoning.Methods:From 2019 to 2020, in accordance with the requirements of the "Notice of Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission on Issuance of Monitoring Plans for Key Endemic Diseases such as Kashin-Beck Disease" and "Monitoring Plans for Drinking Water Arsenic Poisoning in Shaanxi Province", investigation was carried out in all villages of drinking-water-borne endemic arsenic poisoning in Mianxian County of Hanzhong City, Shanyang County and Zhen'an County of Shangluo City to understand the operation of water improvement project. One terminal water sample was collected to determine the content of arsenic in water, and permanent population of the whole village who are and/or had been exposed to excessive arsenic water in the past were examined for arsenic poisoning and the disease condition was determined according to the standard of "Diagnosis of Endemic Arsenicosis" (WS/T 211-2015). Five villages were randomly selected, and 50 people were selected from each village. Real-time urine sample was collected to determine the content of urinary arsenic. At the same time, management and services of the existing arsenic poisoning patients was investigated.Results:A total of 13 villages were investigated, all of which had been improved in water quality, and all 13 water improvement projects were operating normally, with arsenic content < 0.01 mg/L. A total of 12 577 people were examined, and 417 cases of arsenic poisoning were detected, with a detection rate of 3.32%. No new arsenic poisoning case and arsenic-related skin cancer case had been detected. A total of 260 urine samples were detected, and the geometric mean value of urinary arsenic (< 0.001 mg/L) was lower than the safety guideline value of human urinary arsenic (0.032 mg/L). The existing arsenic poisoning patients (417 cases) were included in health management and contracted services.Conclusions:Shaanxi Province has reached the elimination standard of drinking-water-borne endemic arsenic poisoning. In the future, more attention should be paid to the management of water improvement project, as well as to strengthen health promotion and management services for existing patients to consolidate the effects of prevention and control.
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In December 2018,the National Health Commission and nine relevant departments joindy formulate and issue the "Special Three-Year Program for Prevention and Control of Endemic Diseases (2018-2020)",six major actions and requirements are clarified,and the direction for scientific prevention and control of endemic arsenic poisoning in the new era is pointed out.In order to improve the level of prevention and control of endemic arsenic poisoning,innovation in thinking and technology are required.The emergence of big data related technologies provides an important way and mode to break through the bottleneck of prevention and control in endemic arsenic poisoning.Based on the requirements of prevention and control of endemic arsenic poisoning under new circumstances and the new characteristics of medical research of the era of big data,this paper focuses on combing and analyzing the scientific problems that need to be solved at the current stage of endemic arsenic poisoning,and providing reference for promoting the optimization of prevention and control strategies on endemic arsenic poisoning.
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Objective Through studying the relationship between different concentrations of arsenic in drinking water and ECG changes,to investigate the effects of arsenic on human cardiovascular system.Methods During 2008-2013,people that over 20 years old and over 10 years of drinking arsenic water were investigated in 15 villages of Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia according to the historical data of endemic arsenic poisoning through drinking water,who were divided into control group (＜ 0.01 mg/L),low arsenic group (0.01-＜ 0.05 mg/L),medium arsenic group (0.05-＜ 0.10 mg/L) and high arsenic group (≥0.10 mg/L) according to the concentration of water arsenic.Arsenic concentrations in drinking water samples were detected by the method of hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry.ECG-site inspections were finished to record 12-lead ECG.The effect of different concentrations of arsenic in drinking water on ECG was studied.Results ECG of 1341 people were surveyed,and abnormal rate was 11.56％ (155/1 341),including abnormal rate of control group,low arsenic group,medium arsenic group and high arsenic group which was 5.7％ (9/158),12.85％ (59/459),12.02％ (28/233),and 12.02％ (59/491),respectively.The abnormal rate of control group was lower than that of low arsenic group,medium arsenic group and high arsenic group (x2 =6.141,4.391,5.090,all P ＜ 0.05).ECG changes were characterized by cardiac arrhythmias and ST-T changes.A variety of arrhythmias abnormal rate of control group [0(0/158)] was lower than that of low arsenic group,medium arsenic group and high arsenic group [4.58％ (21/459),3.86％ (9/233),3.46％ (17/491); x2 =7.483,6.247,5.618,all P ＜ 0.05].In addition,there were significant differences among the four groups in the rates of right ventricular enlargement and myocardial ischemia (x2 =9.525,9.848,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions ECG changes of the residents in the areas of water-borne-endemic arsenic poisoning are characterized by cardiac arrhythmias and ST-T changes.Water arsenic concentration exceeding 0.01 mg/L could significantly increase the ECG abnormal rate,indicating that arsenic in drinking water has a certain effect on heart tissue.
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Objective: To evaluate the effect of arsenic (As) on the porphyrin biosynthetic pathway, urine samples from patients with endemic chronic arsenic poisoning were examined.Subjects and Methods: The subjects were 16 patients, who had been exposed to As from burning coal for 8 to 25 years, and-16 controls living in the same region in Guizhou Province in southwest China. Concentrations of urinary As, porphyrins and ALA were determined by induced coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a reversed-phase column and fluorescence detector, and colorimetric spectrophotometry, respectively.Results: Concentrations of As in patients and controls, 184.40 ± 200.04 and 86.82 ± 64.20 μ g/g creatinine (mean ± SD) respectively, were significantly different (p<0.05). The concentrations of various kinds of urinary porphyrins, including isomers I and III of coproporphyrin and pentacarboxylporphyrin, were determined. Positive correlations were observed between As and porphyrins (e.g. total porphyrins, hexacarboxylporphyrin and coproporphyrin III) or between As and ALA in male and female patients. However, porphyrin and ALA concentrations were not significantly different between the patients and the controls. Urinary porphyrin concentrations in females were higher than those in males.Conclusion: Exposure to As from burning coal may influence porphyrin biosynthesis.